District Court, District of Columbia May 9, 1972, M.D.L. No. 50; Misc. No. 45-70 (In re Ampicillin Antitrust Litigation)

OPINION

SIRICA, Chief Judge.

This litigation currently comprises forty-six actions, either filed in this district or transferred here for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 1407. These suits seek damages1 and, in some instances, various types of equitable relief from the defendants, Bristol-Myers Company, Beecham Group Limited and Beecham, Inc.